Romanian Social Democrats Submit Evidence To Back Their Election Rigging Claim

The social democrats’ notification claiming presidential elections were rigged will be analyzed by judges with the Constitutional Court after the Central Electoral Bureau sends them the official results of the presidential elections.

The Central Electoral Bureau rejected as groundless Wednesday the request of the Romanian Social Democratic Party to recount votes in polling stations where alleged irregularities occurred during presidential election, adding social democrats didn’t say extacly which polling stations were concerned.

Central Electoral Bureau spokesperson Marian Muhulet said after the meeting of the Bureau the social democrats’ request to recount ballots in polling stations where alleged irregularities occurred, but they failed to mention which polling stations they were targeting.

„They said in the request they would bring evidence, but they didn’t. There was no evidence attached to the request, so it was rejected,” Muhulet said.

The Electoral Bureau also decided during the meeting held Wednesday to forward to the Standing Electoral Authority and the Constitutional Court the contestation submitted by the social democrat and conservative alliance branch in Arad, western Romania, regarding alleged multiple voting at several polling stations in the area.

The Electoral Bureau has not validated the outcome of the presidential elections yet as ballots cast in Bologna, Italy, must be recounted and the result might be received around 6 p.m., Muhulet said.